'He's Too Much Like My Brother'
Ashley Tisdale on Zac, 'HSM3' and Her Real Role Model
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Even though it's October instead of June, it is graduation day for Sharpay Evans, the clothes-loving, pink-convertible-driving, stunningly self-obsessed star of Disney's "High School Musical" series played by 23-year-old Ashley Tisdale.
And now Sharpay is where she's always dreamed of being: on the big screen. The latest edition of "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" -- and Tisdale's likely HSM swan song -- hits theaters Friday. During an interview in Los Angeles, despite fighting a cold and jet lag, the New Jersey-raised Tisdale cordially reveals that the only things she shares with Sharpay is a great blond mane and a fierce drive to succeed.
-- Melinda Newman
Q: Did you know a Sharpay in high school?
A: Of course. You always have a Troy, a Gabriella and a Sharpay in high school.
Q; Did she know she was the inspiration for the part?
A: Probably not. I think that they probably are maybe shocked, all my friends in high school, because they used to make fun of [me] in yearbook signings. They'd be like, "Say my name when you when get an Oscar." It was, like, all sarcastic.
Q: In ["HSM3" production number] "I Want It All," Sharpay dreams of having a stylist, publicist and agent. What's it like having everything that Sharpay wishes she had?
A: They do make your life easier; you have a big team that supports you and helps you with everything. But Sharpay really looks for just fame and fortune and I'm really someone who just loves the work. I think fame can come and go.
Q; What is Sharpay doing 20 years from now?
A: I can imagine her being finally on Broadway. She didn't get the musical in the first ["High School Musical"], she didn't get the guy in the second one. I don't want to spill out anything, but she doesn't get what she wants in the third one. I think that eventually she would learn and she would get to the place where she wanted to go for all the right reasons.
Q: Are you going to miss Sharpay?
